Olly Smith

British wine expert and TV presenter (born 1974) Olly SmithSmith in 2009Born (1974-09-18) 18 September 1974 (age 51)Darlington, County Durham, EnglandOccupationsTelevision presenter, wine expert, authorSpouseSophie SmithChildren2RelativesWill Smith (brother) Olly Smith (born 18 September 1974) is a British wine expert and television presenter. Education and career Having discovered a love for singing at eight years of age, he became a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, which saw him travel to sing in Japan, East Berlin and Finland. He earned a music scholarship to Charterhouse School, where he met his future wife Sophie Smith. He gained a master's degree in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. Smith worked in a wine shop as a cellar boy. He worked as a film and TV writer until he took part in Hardys-backed TV competition Wine Idol in 2005, and won. Part of his prize was an audition to appear on Great Food Live. Realising that there were opportunities for him to make a career in wine on television, Smith studied wine in his spare time. He eventually made it onto a Sky One series, Taste, and appeared on the Richard and Judy Wine Club, Saturday Kitchen, The Wheel, M